Four closure orders and five prohibition orders were served in November for breaches of food safety legislation - relating to the FSAI Act, 1998 and the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010.

Eight of the enforcement orders were issued by environmental health officers in the Health Service Executive (HSE), and one by local authority veterinary inspectors in Mayo County Council.

The Wexford TD Mick Wallace has been released from prison. The TD had been facing time in prison for non payment of a court fine. Deputy Wallace was arrested in Dublin this morning.

Wallace began his day in the Dáíl chamber but when he visited to Clontarf garda station by appointment at approximately 11.30am he was arrested for non-payment of a €2,000 fine, issued at Ennis District Court for breaching security at Shannon Airport in 2014.

Gardaí then escorted Wallace home to get clothes, after which he was brought to Limerick prison.